Tag: Jim Dandy

By Mike Farrell Essential Quality took another step on the road to Horse of the Year. Firenze Fire turned savage in the Forego (G1), and Bob Baffert came up smelling the roses on both coasts. …

By Mike Farrell The road to Horse of the Year is wide open for Essential Quality as he heads into the $1.25 million Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga. Many will say it’s premature …

By Richard Rosenblatt No questions about this finish! Essential Quality made a powerful move on the far turn and defeated a determined Keepmeinmind to win the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga on Saturday, …

By Ed McNamara The late, great Woody Stephens loved to talk and was always worth listening to. One of Woody’s pearls of wisdom has stuck with me for a long time. Whenever an odds-on favorite …

In the days leading up to the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida, usracing.com will profile the horses in the race set for Jan. 23. The profiles …

By Richard Rosenblatt Charlatan, who returned to the races after an absence of eight months with a dominating 4 ½-length victory in the Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita on opening day Dec. 26, …

By US Racing Team Way back when, Maryland had one of the country’s top racing circuits, ranking up there with New York, Kentucky, Illinois and California. Starting in 1870, Pimlico was a showplace that hosted …

By Richard Rosenblatt The filly is in, Pletcher is out, and the first Preakness (G1) contender has arrived at Pimlico Race Course. Let Preakness Week begin, or as many prefer to say, ‘Hi ho Pimlico.’ …

By Margaret Ransom Run over Aqueduct’s main track, the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) is one of the oldest stakes for 3-year-olds in the country. The race was named New York businessman, horse owner and breeder, …

Always Dreaming, who won the Kentucky Derby, and Cloud Computing, who shocked that one in the Preakness Stakes, will settle the score — at least for the time being — in the Jim Dandy Stakes …

Native New Yorker Buck Grottano makes his US Racing radio debut! Along with co-host Travis Hembd, Buck chats with multiple graded stakes-winning jockey Jose Ortiz, who recently notched his 1,000th career victory, about the big weekend at Saratoga. …

The Jim Dandy has long served as a prep race for the Midsummer Derby, the Traver’s Stakes. Being that it is run over the same track (Saratoga) as the Travers, it may come as a …